Both BIGBANG’s Taeyang and BTS’s Jimin are achieving some exciting career firsts as soloists with their new collab single!

For the week of January 20 to 26, Taeyang’s new single “VIBE” featuring Jimin entered several of the United Kingdom’s Official Charts (typically regarded as the U.K. equivalent to Billboard’s U.S. charts).

“VIBE” debuted on the Official Singles Chart at No. 96, making it both Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first-ever entry as soloists on the chart.

The song also debuted at No. 4 on both the Official Singles Sales Chart and the Official Singles Downloads Chart, making it Taeyang’s first entry as a soloist on both charts and Jimin’s second (following his “Our Blues” OST track “With You“).

Additionally, “VIBE” debuted at No. 48 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)’s Singles Chart this week, making it both Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first solo entry on the chart.

Congratulations to Taeyang and Jimin!

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Get ready to go behind the scenes of BIGBANG’s Taeyang’s recent comeback on “The Manager”!

On January 21, the popular MBC reality show aired a preview of its upcoming episode, which will feature Taeyang as a guest.

The newly released preview begins with Taeyang introducing himself to viewers and mentioning that it’s been six years since his last solo comeback. The singer then thrills the panelists by recreating the viral meme from his concert where he sings, “Everyone, I missed you so much.”

The clip goes on to take viewers behind the scenes of Taeyang’s comeback preparations—before teasing that he’s about to meet up with a mystery celebrity friend whom he hasn’t seen in a long time.

The next episode of “The Manager” will air on January 28 at 11:10 p.m. KST. In the meantime, check out the new preview below!

Watch full episodes of “The Manager” with English subtitles below:

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from December 21, 2022 to January 21, 2023.

NewJeans topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 11,901,458, marking a 26.54 percent increase in their score since December.

Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong held onto his spot at second place with a brand reputation index of 9,062,863 for January.

BTS took third place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 6,980,796 for the month.

BLACKPINK maintained their position at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 5,874,066, marking a 6.37 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, IU came in at a close fifth after seeing a 26.35 percent increase in her brand reputation index since December, bringing her total score for January to 5,867,068.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. NewJeans
2. Lim Young Woong
3. BTS
4. BLACKPINK
5. IU
6. Lee Young Ji
7. Lee Chan Won
8. IVE
9. Kim Ho Joong
10. Young Tak
11. (G)I-DLE
12. SEVENTEEN
13. EXO
14. Jeong Dong Won
15. Girls’ Generation
16. LE SSERAFIM
17. Red Velvet
18. NCT
19. Song Ga In
20. Younha
21. Kang Daniel
22. aespa
23. TWICE
24. Jay Park
25. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
26. Jang Min Ho
27. BIGBANG
28. Sung Si Kyung
29. Block B’s Zico
30. Apink’s Jung Eun Ji

Watch NewJeans’ variety show “NewJeans Code in Busan” with English subtitles below!

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Melon has unveiled a list of the top 100 songs from 2022!

While 2023 has already introduced many incredible songs, Melon – Korea’s largest music streaming service – has not forgotten to look back on and celebrate the top 100 tracks of 2022.

Check out the full list below!

1. IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”
2. (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
3. MeloMance’s Kim Min Seok’s “Drunken Confession”
4. MeloMance’s “Love, Maybe”
5. Lim Young Woong’s “Love Always Run Away”
6. IVE’s “ELEVEN”
7. BIGBANG’s “Still Life”
8. GyeonseoYeji and Jeon Gunho’s “If You Lovingly Call My Name”
9. PSY’s “That That” (produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga)
10. BIG Naughty’s “Beyond Love” (featuring 10CM)
11. Lee Mujin’s “Traffic Light”
12. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “INVU”
13. sokodomo’s “Merry-Go-Round” (featuring Zion.T, Wonstein and produced by Slom)
14. Red Velvet’s “Feel My Rhythm”
15. NewJeans’s “Hype Boy”
16. Jay Park’s “GANADARA” (featuring IU)
17. NewJeans’s “Attention”
18. IVE’s “After LIKE”
19. Kyoungseo’s “Dear my X”
20. WSG Wannabe Gaya-G’s “At That Moment”
21. BE’O’s “LOVE me”
22. aespa’s “Next Level”
23. BE’O’s “Limousine” (featuring MINO) (Prod. GRAY)
24. IU’s “Drama”
25. IU’s “Strawberry Moon”
26. Sung Si Kyung’s “Every moment of you”
27. Juho’s “without me”
28. MSG Wannabe M.O.M’s “Do you want to hear”
29. Joosiq’s “Think About You”
30. BTS’s “Dynamite”
31. WSG Wannabe 4FIRE’s “I Missed You”
32. Choi Ye Na’s “SMILEY” (featuring BIBI)
33. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “Weekend”
34. LE SSERAFIM’s “FEARLESS”
35. BTS’s “Butter”
36. BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom”
37. Kassy’s “Always love you”
38. Kyoungseo’s “Shiny Star (2020)”
39. Zico’s “New Thing” (produced by Zico, featuring Homies)
40. BE’O’s “Counting Stars” (featuring Beenzino)
41. Paul Kim’s “Every Day, Every Moment”
42. Lee Mujin’s “When it snows” (featuring Heize)
43. Lim Young Woong’s “Trust in Me”
44. D-Hack and PATEKO’s “OHAYO MY NIGHT”
45. IU’s “Hold my hand”
46. BTS’s “Permission to Dance”
47. Lim Young Woong’s “Our Blues, Our Life”
48. MSG Wannabe M.O.M’s “Foolish Love”
49. Younha’s “Event Horizon”
50. GOT the beat’s “Step Back”
51. IU’s “Celebrity”
52. (G)I-DLE’s “MY BAG”
53. aespa’s “Savage”
54. TWICE’s Nayeon’s “POP!”
55. 10CM’s “Gradation”
56. Tophyun’s “Horangsuwolga”
57. IU’s “LILAC”
58. BTS’ “Spring Day”
59. BE’O’s “Suddenly”
60. aespa’s “Dreams Come True”
61. AKMU’s “How can I love the heartbreak, you’re the one I love”
62. BOL4’s “Love story”
63. Basick’s “Meeting is easy, parting is hard” (featuring Leellamarz, produced by TOIL)
64. Homies’ “Siren Remix” (featuring UNEDUCATED KID, Paul Blanco)
65. Joosiq’s “Baby I Need You”
66. An Nyeong’s “Haeyo (2022)”
67. IU’s “Blueming”
68. MAKTUB’s “The Eternal Moment”
69. STAYC’s “RUN2U”
70. MeloMance’s “Go Back”
71. ITZY’s “SNEAKERS”
72. Brave Girls’ “Rollin'”
73. Heize’s “HAPPEN”
74. NewJeans’s “Cookie”
75. Lim Young Woong’s “If We Ever Meet Again”
76. Girls’ Generation’s “FOREVER 1”
77. IU’s “Winter Sleep”
78. BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down”
79. (G)I-DLE’s “Nxde”
80. Oh My Girl’s “Dun Dun Dance”
81. 10CM’s “Drawer”
82. aespa’s “Illusion”
83. Jaurim’s “Twenty-five, twenty-one”
84. LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE”
85. Kassy’s “Don’t wanna leave tonight”
86. AKMU’s “NAKKA” (with IU)
87. Jessi’s “ZOOM”
88. aespa’s “Girls”
89. Crush’s “Rush Hour” (featuring BTS’s J-Hope)
90. Kim Seung Min’s “My Pleasure Is That You Ride The Bentley”
91. MAMAMOO’s Wheein’s “You, you”
92. BTS’s “Yet To Come”
93. BTS’s V’s “Christmas Tree”
94. Lim Young Woong’s “Rainbow”
95. Tei’s “Monologue”
96. MAKTUB’s “To You My Light” (featuring Lee Raon)
97. Wonstein’s “Your Existence”
98. B1A4’s Sandeul’s “Slightly Tipsy”
99. BIBI’s “Maybe If”
100. Jung Dong Ha’s “I Still Love You”

What was your favorite K-pop track of 2022? Let us know in the comments below!

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